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authorEli Zaretskii2006-07-22 10:56:33 +0000
committerEli Zaretskii2006-07-22 10:56:33 +0000
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Document use of EMAIL.
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@@ -238,6 +238,11 @@ automatically at startup, if it exists. When Emacs offers to save
238modified buffers, it saves the abbrevs too if they have changed. It 238modified buffers, it saves the abbrevs too if they have changed. It
239can do this either silently or asking for confirmation first, 239can do this either silently or asking for confirmation first,
240according to the value of `save-abbrevs'. 240according to the value of `save-abbrevs'.
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243** If the environment variable EMAIL is defined, Emacs now uses its value
244to compute the default value of `use-mail-address', in preference to
245concatenation of `user-login-name' with the name of your host machine.
241 246
242* Incompatible Editing Changes in Emacs 22.1 247* Incompatible Editing Changes in Emacs 22.1
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